Word: learned
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...self-respect, competence and independence. Zoe Koplowitz, 40, has multiple sclerosis, yet she completed her first marathon this month. Her time in the New York race: 19 hr. 15 min. To prepare for running, she attended dance classes to develop a rhythmic gait, then took lessons in aikido to learn how to get up after a fall. The effort was worth it, says Koplowitz. "Now, every time I put my foot on the pavement it is an affirmation of life...
Even after each client has received the names of two matches, Stern and her staff of six do not abandon the libido to take its wobbly course. Hopeful marriage mates are given coaching to learn the finer points of courtship ("Packaging Yourself for Marriage," "Getting Past First Base"). "Men and women constantly complain about mixed signals," says Stern. "The men accuse women of agreeing to a second date, then never returning calls. The women say, 'Why do they always say I'll call you, when they don't mean it?' We tell all our clients: tell the truth...
...believed, as he once wrote a friend, that "the common minutiae of life" are "the raw material of most good letters." Cheever's letters are crammed with everyday details, although such information does not shed much new light on his fiction, which was luminous enough to begin with. To learn more about Cheever is to take a refresher course in the pleasure of his company. He could toss off a letter that made even a motel remarkable: "The furniture was of no discernible period or inspiration and I think if you studied the dressing- table long enough you might...
...scientists do dispute, however, is whether the potential intellectual rewards are worth the cost -- especially given widespread fears that the SSC would rob funding from other research. "It's good science," says Princeton's Philip Anderson, a Nobel laureate for his work in solid-state physics, "but we can learn equally fundamental things in other areas of physics and with a lot less money." And while proponents say the SSC would spark a resurgence of national interest in research that would benefit all sciences, M.I.T. physicist Daniel Kleppner fears that smaller projects simply are not glamorous enough to attract congressional...
...they learn how to mass-produce clothes, retailers assemble teams of designers and product-development experts who travel from Milan to Tokyo looking for ideas and materials. Most retailers opt for manufacturing in Asia ! to take advantage of low wages. The Limited can probably claim the industry's most streamlined distribution network. Within ten weeks, 700,000 garments for a new line can be woven, cut, sewn, flown from Hong Kong and placed on racks in the chain's 751 stores across...